CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1 (4) The Girl On The Train Paula Hawkins. A girl who rides a commuter train gets involved in a mysterious disappearance.
2 Kunlun Wendi L. Adamek. A young adult novel about shape-shifting characters.
3 Wolf Winter Cecilia Ekback. A woman finds a neighbour’s mutilated body and sets out to find what happened.
4 (5) Ru Kim Thuy. Life story of Vietnamese girl.
5 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt. A painting becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden.
6 The First Bad Man Miranda July. A woman who lives in a dream world is forced into reality.
7 Moriarty Anthony Horowitz. After Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty die, a search for the man replacing Moriarty.
8 Lady Into Fox David Garnett. Husband remains devoted as woman who turns into a fox tries to keep her humanity.
9 The Gravity of Birds Tracy Guzeman. An artist paints a portrait of two sisters, and decades later decides to sell the painting.
10 Cricket In A Fist Naomi K. Lewis. Sisters try to get away from the family’s history of forgetting their past.
NON- FICTION
1 (6) The Inconvenient Indian Thomas King. A look at aboriginal-white relations in North America.
2 My Name Is Shield Woman Ruth Scalp Lock. A Siksika woman shares her experiences as a young child.
3 (1) Dispatches From The Front David Halton. Biography of war correspondent Matthew Halton.
4 Open Letter Sheri-D Wilson. Poetry exploring violence against women.
5 (8) The Brain’s Way Of Healing Norman Doidge. There are ways to help our brains to heal themselves.
6 The Elements Of Style William Strunk & E.B. White. Authors offer their knowledge of the English language.
7 (2) Congratulations, By The Way: Some Thoughts On Kindness George Saunders. His address to the graduating class at Syracuse University.
8 Calgary’s Best Hikes and Walks Lori Beattie.
9 Pie Face Boy In Search Of Self Brian E. Pearson. Memories that seem to be his search for his soul.
10 The Anatomy Of The Nuremberg Trials Telford Taylor. How the trials helped to establish international law. Information provided by Owl’s Nest Books and Shelf Life Books.